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    Computers and Internet Hardwar

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    This document defines and describes various common computer hardware and software components in 22 entries, including batteries that power laptops and palmtops, the central processing unit (CPU) that handles information, creating and organizing files and folders, digital video cameras that record video, laptop and palmtop computers, liquid crystal display (LCD) screens, microphones and speakers that input and output audio, modems that connect computers to phone lines, networks that link computers, network cards that connect computers to networks, palmtop computers, program files that contain instructions, random access memory (RAM) that temporarily stores programs and data, renaming and organizing folders, read-only memory (ROM) that permanently stores important programs, servers that control linked computers, software

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    This document defines and describes various common computer hardware and software components in 22 entries, including batteries that power laptops and palmtops, the central processing unit (CPU) that handles information, creating and organizing files and folders, digital video cameras that record video, laptop and palmtop computers, liquid crystal display (LCD) screens, microphones and speakers that input and output audio, modems that connect computers to phone lines, networks that link computers, network cards that connect computers to networks, palmtop computers, program files that contain instructions, random access memory (RAM) that temporarily stores programs and data, renaming and organizing folders, read-only memory (ROM) that permanently stores important programs, servers that control linked computers, software

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    This document defines and describes various common computer hardware and software components in 22 entries, including batteries that power laptops and palmtops, the central processing unit (CPU) that handles information, creating and organizing files and folders, digital video cameras that record video, laptop and palmtop computers, liquid crystal display (LCD) screens, microphones and speakers that input and output audio, modems that connect computers to phone lines, networks that link computers, network cards that connect computers to networks, palmtop computers, program files that contain instructions, random access memory (RAM) that temporarily stores programs and data, renaming and organizing folders, read-only memory (ROM) that permanently stores important programs, servers that control linked computers, software

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    Computers and Internet Hardwar

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    pearl042008
    This document defines and describes various common computer hardware and software components in 22 entries, including batteries that power laptops and palmtops, the central processing unit (CPU) that handles information, creating and organizing files and folders, digital video cameras that record video, laptop and palmtop computers, liquid crystal display (LCD) screens, microphones and speakers that input and output audio, modems that connect computers to phone lines, networks that link computers, network cards that connect computers to networks, palmtop computers, program files that contain instructions, random access memory (RAM) that temporarily stores programs and data, renaming and organizing folders, read-only memory (ROM) that permanently stores important programs, servers that control linked computers, software

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    1.

    battery
    operated
    laptops and palmtops built-in power, allows
    them to be used on the go
    2. CPU central
    processing
    unit
    carrys out instructions to handle information,
    fast speed processors are better at video,
    multimedia
    3. create a
    folder
    make a container for keeping files together
    4. data file a file that contains words, numbers or other
    data made by a program eg the high score list for
    a game, a photo
    5. digital
    video
    camera
    records moving images and sounds, download
    movies onto a computer, maybe need a graphics
    card
    6. laptop
    portable battery power computer, book size, built
    in screen and keyboard
    7. LCD screen
    Liquid Crystal Display flat, low power display,
    TFT is similar to LCD
    8. microphone
    inputs audio, needs a sound card
    9. modem
    connects a computer to the phone line (dial up)
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    Study online at quizlet.com/_b08ox
    10. move/delete
    files/folders
    a user can add or remove files/folders to keep
    tidy
    11. network
    computers are linked together to send and get
    messages
    12. network
    card
    hardware built into a computer to connect it to
    a network
    13. organise
    files in
    folders
    files are put in different groups in folders, eg all
    the images in one folder all the audio in
    another
    14. palmtop
    pocket size, hand held computer, often uses touch
    screen, no keyboard
    15. program
    file
    a file that contains instructions for the CPU, eg
    game software or graphics software, could be
    system software
    16. RAM
    memory
    main memory chips that store the programs and
    data while you work, wiped when power is off
    17. rename
    folder
    folders can get a new name
    18. ROM
    memory
    permanant memory chips that can't be changed,
    stores important programs
    19. server computer
    a computer that controls other computers linked by a network
    20. software-hardware
    requirements
    every program has a minimum processor speed, RAM memory capacity and backing storage capacity
    or it won't run
    21. speakers
    outputs audio, needs a sound card
    22. trackpad
    touch sensitive surface, used to control screen pointer

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